Spending the summer outdoors means running into a variety of crawling and slithering creatures, whether it's at the lake, on the forest floor or wrapped around your front porch light. While running ...

Most people would imagine spiders as creepy little creatures lurking in the corners, spinning webs, and snacking on unsuspecting insects. But what if we told you some spiders have taken their hunting ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When it ...

There are spiders that eat snakes. Observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Researchers consolidated and analyzed over 300 reports of this unusual predation strategy.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spiders taking down and feasting on snakes is more common than researchers thought. Scientists ...

My toddler son is taking a class this fall about bugs. “Learn about insects and their important role in our environment and everyday lives through stories, crafts and games,” the brochure boasts.

With Halloween just around the corner, many of us have creepy imagery on the mind, especially as we gear up to decorate our houses with ghosts and goblins and muster up the scariest costumes we can ...

(CNN) — Record-breaking floods in southeastern Australia have caused a mass animal exodus to higher ground, with spiders in particular surging onto people’s land and into their homes. Rains have been ...

I’m not an anxiety psychiatrist, so what do I know? But, through the years, I have had the opportunity to help both children and adults overcome common fears of snakes, spiders, yellow jackets and ...